4th International Conference on Drug Discovery Development and Lead OptimizationThis conference will be a valuable and important platform for inspiring international and interdisciplinary exchange at the forefront of drug research. Over the course of 3 days, internationally-renowned speakers will describe how their research journey have developed in response to contemporary challenges: inspirational and innovative lessons in drug research. The ...
First Wednesdays are free for all at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Group visits of 10 or more people are not available on Free Wednesdays.My Sky: Now Open!Our newest exhibit explores the Sun, Moon, and stars through interactive settings encourage that children to engage with the science of the sky!Learning ...
Predictive Models for Transition Metal Catalyzed Organic ReactionsDue to limited mechanistic insights and the complexity of catalyst-substrate interactions, catalyst design and optimization in transition metal catalysis often rely on chemical intuition and experimental trial-and-error. I will discuss our recent efforts to utilize a streamlined computational approach to understand and predict the reactivity and selectivity of transition metal ...
Environmental policy with uncertainty is often posed as a choice of price versus quantity instruments. Quantity targets are typically preferred, but paradoxically employ architecture derived from the first-best global framework that applies imperfectly to the partial equilibrium policy setting. In practice, climate policies are incremental and multi-faceted, combining economic and ...
Much of the water infrastructure in the United States is nearing the end of its design life, and it faces new challenges from climate change. The next generation of urban water infrastructure can provide additional benefits like resource recovery, wildlife habitat and energy generation. Yet there is little guidance for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Full-length alternative transcript isoform analysis with nanopore sequencingOur group aims to understand the mechanisms of alternative RNA splicing regulation and splicing dysregulation in cancer. Short-read, high-throughput cDNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) has revolutionized our ability to profile RNA splicing; however, this approach cannot capture the full complexity of RNA transcripts. First, “RNA-Seq†should, more appropriately, be called cDNA-Seqâ€"it is ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Xconomy's San Francisco Biotech: The Next GenerationHow do scientists and entrepreneurs push past the status quo while respecting collective experience and wisdom? At Xconomy’s upcoming forum, company founders and visionary scientists share how they’re pursuing new ideas and breaking biotech boundaries. Hear fresh takes on cutting-edge medical science, new experiences and perspectives from unlikely executives; and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $90-125
Important issues facing Women in the Data Science CommunityOur panel discussion will include many questions, but to highlight a few:* What are the challenges faced by girls and women who pursue careers in STEM, including careers in data science?* What constitutes a data science career? Could youplease give us some examples of data science jobs?* How can one ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Story of a Fun and Rewarding Career in Medicine: The Evolution of Heart Transplantation2018 is the 50th anniversary of the first heart transplant in the United States, performed by Dr. Norman Shumway at Stanford University. Join us for a talk with Stanford's Dr. Sharon Hunt, who began medical school at Stanford one year before the first transplant. She became an integral part of ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Thursday, 12/06/18
Charting the High Frontier of SpaceThroughout human history, mapping has been the key to the opening of new frontiers. Â Mapping of previously uncharted regions has enabled economic expansion and the development of new markets, science, and defense. Â For similar reasons, we argue that mapping the locations and trajectories of the millions of uncharted asteroids in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Can California Go Carbon Neutral? - RESCHEDULEDJust ten years ago, an entire state running on 100 percent renewable electricity was considered fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the backing of big utilities, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 100 into law, committing California to 100 percent use of zero-carbon electricity by 2045. Then Brown ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Going Carbon NegativeThe math is clear: Lowering greenhouse gas emissions is not enough to keep the Earth below 1.5 degrees Celsius of postindustrial warming. The latest science indicates that actively removing carbon from the atmosphere - storing it in rocks, soil, trees and even turning it into products like concrete - is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
After Dark: Glow Excite your atoms at Glow, our annual festival of ebullient lights and subtle glows celebrating the close of the year. Bask in the mesmerizing gleams of special installations and kinetic sculptures, take a shine to illuminating exhibits, and show your sparkle with scintillating activities.Some Glow artworks will be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 adv, $19.95 door, free with A.D. membership
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Feel the Force NightlifeChannel your inner Jedi during an evening of galactic entertainment inspired by a galaxy far, far away.Wander among droids built by the R2 Builders club and come in costume to celebrate your favorite epic space saga and Pose for photos with the 501st Legion - aka Vader’s Fist - and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, $18 Members
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz - Planets Near and FarAt this month’s Astronomy on Tap we’ll be spanning the distance scale of planets! Come to hear UCSC PhD candidate Rachel Maxwell speak about our nearest space-neighbor, the Moon! She’ll tell us why it’s important to understand magnetic fields around planets and what we can learn from studying the Moon’s ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Innovation for the Safety Net: Emergency, Trauma, and Ambulatory Care UCSF has a long history of pioneering innovation and advancing its bold vision for health worldwide. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, medical device, digital health application, or care process, our goal is to ensure that innovation reaches our patients and benefits patient care. UCSF leaders in innovation--representing a wide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Friday, 12/07/18
Two KIPAC Tea Talks Revealing Quantum Gravity with the Event Horizon TelescopeThere is currently great interest in experimental tests of quantum gravity theories. ‎However the EHT may provide the first opportunity for testing quantum gravity. In particular the Chapline-Laughlin -Mazur vacuum for quantum gravity leads to a spectacular prediction: the event horizon for any ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Theoretical priors for quintessenceDark energy is a key unsolved problem. An enormous number of theories try to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe, ranging from the simplicity of a cosmological constant to the inclusion of new gravitational fields that affect space-time dynamics. We need clever methods to test the landscape of theories ...
$5 First Friday: Starry NightEach $5 First Friday at Chabot is an exciting and immersive experience for all ages! Join us each month for hands-on activities and live demonstrations that are fun for the whole family. Each month there will be new things to explore!
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Grounds for Science - The weird and wonderful world of Quantum MaterialsSome of the most notable achievements in the study of materials have led to technological breakthroughs which have shaped modern society; take, for example the solid-state transistors which are the foundation for computation. But apart from useful applications, the study of the quantum mechanical properties of crystalline materials, or “hard ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Seeking Gravitational Waves: The Tao of LIGOGravitational waves (ripples in space and time) were first predicted by Einstein, who thought they were too weak to detect (and didn’t believe in black holes). However, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the stunning first detection of Gravitational Waves from colliding black holes in 2015. So, what is ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 12/08/18
One Tam Day Fungus BioBlitz: Early Winter EditionJoin One Tam at Roy’s Redwoods as we try to identify and document every fungus species we see! Hone your naturalist skills, learn to use the iNaturalist app, and become our scientific collaborator for a day! RSVP's are required for this event. No experience necessary, training and guidance will be ...
Where: WoodacreCost: Free
Time to Wake Up! Presentation and Author Talk with Dr. Will Tuttle“If we cause war against animals we will cause war against ourselves.†This line from Will Tuttle’s international bestseller, The World Peace Diet, illumines a path you can take toward a world where freedom, harmony, and sustainability are possible.Dr. Tuttle’s teachings express the heart and soul of the peace, justice, and animal liberation movements. They ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Oceans Aglow: Family Night Hike & CampfireJoin NatureBridge Golden Gate as we discover one of the most amazing natural phenomenon, bioluminescence. We will hike out to Rodeo Beach and explore the sands for twinkling plankton. Where did they come from? Why are they blinking? Are they here all the time? We will try and answer all ...
Where: SausalitoCost: 15
Sunday, 12/09/18
Science Film Festival: 'Inventing Tomorrow'Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's environmental threats found right in their own backyards. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world: the Intel ...
I will summarize some major activities and strategic plans of the American Physical Society, including: publishing research while opening access; advocating in Washington for funding for research and new initiatives, fostering education, and supporting appropriate immigration policies for graduate students from other countries; engaging more physicists who are in the ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
People and Robots SeminarSelf-organization is a pervasive phenomenon in nature, which has inspired the development of multi-robot systems that can mimick their biological counterparts. As we consider larger groups of autonomous agents or swarms, new theoretical challenges appear that are associated with both their size and robotic-system limitations. In this talk, we outline ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Screen Science: GremlinsJoe Dante's hilariously funny, wickedly scary film is about Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton), an inventor who hasn't successfully invented anything. However, this Christmas he's bringing his family something special -- a small, cuddly creature known as a Mogwai. The little fella comes with three crucial instructions. He's not to be ...
7:00-7:25: Hirohisa Tanaka (Stanford/ SLAC) on " Neutrinos: The Desperate Remedy"The possibility that neutrinos and antineutrinos may behave differently has implications for why our universe exists at all...Read more7:25-7:50: Helen Blau(Stanford/ Biology) on "Stem Cells: Seeds of a Therapeutic Revolution"The derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Holiday Arts, Craft, and Science!Get ready for the holiday season at your local biohackerspace Counter Culture Labs, with bio-art decorations made from or based on designs from different organisms, or some holiday ornaments made from lab supplies!Create unique resin in a petri dish decorations - potentially using pigments from Rhodamine B, Fluorescein, and othersCreate ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
Tuesday, 12/11/18
A continuum of environmental influence on the circumgalactic mediumThe circumgalactic medium (CGM) serves as a massive, multiphase baryon reservoir and mediates all accretion and outflow from a galaxy. Hence, the continuation of star formation in the galaxy as well as the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium and the host galaxy critically depend on the composition and physical ...
